Pencil-holder.



PATENTED SEPT. 3, 1907. J. T. HASKINS.

PENCIL HOLDER. APPLIOATION FILED my 21. 1901.

JOSEPH T. HASKINS, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

PENCIL-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I'atented Sept. 3, 1907.

Application filed May 21, 1907. Serial No. 374,843.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrri T. HAsKrNs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of- Gumberland and'State of Maine, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Pencil-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact. description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the sarhe.

This invention relates to an improvement in pencilholders and is especially intended to permit a pencil to be wholly used up, thereby saving pencil ends which would otherwise be thrown away and keep the pencil with holders always of one length.

' tubular and provided with a longitudinal slot (1; B, the

pencil, telescoped in this forward end and having no rubber ormetal on it to intericrenwith sliding in and out; and O, the screw which works through said slot to clamp said pencil. This screw is mounted in a me tallic sleeve or collar D, surrounding said holder and serving to prevent the dislodgment of said screw and to brace the saute.- The rear end of said holder is screwthreaded externally at F to receive a similar screwthreaded end-piece G, having an erasing rubber E fastened thereon, This end piece is easily detachable by unscrewing, to permit the substitution of another end-piece and rubber.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A pencil-holder having a tubular forward end provided with a longitudinal slot, in combination with a pencil tele- 

